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Epidemiology of Nosocomial Outbreaks: 14-Year Experience at a Tertiary-Care Center

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner ,
Rosa Baez-Martinez ,
M. Sigfrido Rangel-Frausto  and
Samuel Ponce-de-León
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Medical Care Quality Control, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Rosa Baez-Martinez
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Medical Care Quality Control, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
M. Sigfrido Rangel-Frausto
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Medical Care Quality Control, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
Samuel Ponce-de-León*
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Epidemiology and Medical Care Quality Control, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
*
Division de Epidemiologia Hospitalaria, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Tlalpan, 14000 Mexico DF, Mexico
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Abstract

Twelve nosocomial outbreaks over 14 years at a tertiary-care center in Mexico are described. Overall mortality was 25.8%, one half due to pneumonia. The most common organism was Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Incidence was three outbreaks per 10,000 discharges; outbreak-related infections comprised 1.56% of all nosocomial infections. Incidence in the intensive care unit was 10-fold higher.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 8 , August 2000 , pp. 527 - 529
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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